Course overview
This course aims to introduce and examine early literacy theories, practices and multimodal literature for children of diverse backgrounds and experiences, including in English, multicultural and multilingual contexts.
- Literature And The English Curriculum
- Literary Text Types And Contexts
- Examining And Responding To Literature
- Visual Literacy And Literature
- Poetry
Course learning outcomes
- Understand and critically appraise different theories, models, and practices for literacy learning
- Apply understandings of multimodality and plurilingualism to the models and practices for literacy learning
- Explain the role of imagination and literary texts in children’s development and learning
- Identify and critically analyse quality literature and authentic texts from a range of historical, social, and cultural contexts
- Apply detailed knowledge of a range of literary theories and the language and literary features and patterns to the analysis of literary, non-fiction and multimodal texts
- Apply strategies for responding to literary texts to planning for teaching and learning